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Ben Zipperer
@benzipperer.org

Even if you've never been a union member, the attacks on unions have cost you money. The typical worker would be earning $5,000 more a year if unions were as strong today as they were five decades ago

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Larry L.
@larry-l.bsky.social

There may be an alternate framing to this. In 1973 I was a member of Steelworkers of America union. As an *entry* level millwright helper I was earning 1.3x of median household income ($10k/yr). Was I making too much money? Steel from Italy was shipped to the U.S. instead of from the … /1

Larry L.
@larry-l.bsky.social

… steel mill 15 miles away. The mill shut down 2 years later. I graduated 4 years later with an BS in electrical engineering. My starting salary was about 5% higher than what I got paid 4 years earlier starting in a steel mill